Sviatlana Usovich

Sviatlana Usovich

at 2010 European Championships
Personal information
Born	(1980-10-14) October 14, 1980
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	54 kg (119 lb)
Sport
Country	Belarus
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	400m, 800m
Medal record World Indoor Championships 2004 Budapest 4×400 m relay 2008 Valencia 4×400 m relay European Championships 2006 Gothenburg 4x400 m relay European Indoor Championships 2002 Wienna 4x400 m relay 2007 Birmingham 4x400 m relay 2005 Madrid 400 m

Sviatlana Usovich (Belarusian: Святлана Вусовіч; born 14 October 1980) is a Belarusian sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres. Her younger sister, Ilona, is also an athlete.

On 25 November 2016 the IOC disqualified her (and her relay team) from the 2008 Olympic Games and struck her results from the record for failing a drugs test in a re-analysis of his doping sample from 2008.

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
2001	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	10th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:28.93
	Universiade	Beijing, China	3rd	4 × 400 m relay	3:30.65
2002	European Indoor Championships	Vienna, Austria	7th (h)	400 m	52.59
			1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:32.24
	European Championships	Munich, Germany	7th	400 m	52.10
			6th	4 × 400 m relay	3:32.46
2003	World Indoor Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	6th	400 m	52.72
	World Championships	Paris, France	14th (sf)	400 m	51.46
			13th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:31.40
2004	World Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	6th	400 m	52.21
			2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:29.96
	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	14th (sf)	400 m	51.42
			9th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:27.38
2005	European Indoor Championships	Madrid, Spain	2nd	400 m	50.55
	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	21st (sf)	800 m	2:02.34
2006	European Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:27.69
2007	European Indoor Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:27.83
	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	6th	800 m	1:58.92
			5th	4 × 400 m relay	3:21.88
2008	World Indoor Championships	Valencia, Spain	2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:28.90
	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	DSQ	800 m	2:02.79
			DSQ	4 × 400 m relay	3:21.85
2010	European Championships	Barcelona, Spain	DSQ	800 m	2:02.74
			DSQ	4 × 400 m relay	3:28.74
2011	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	33rd (h)	800 m	2:05.62
			6th	4 × 400 m relay	3:25.64
2012	World Indoor Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	5th	4 × 400 m relay	3:33.73

Personal bests

• 400 metres - 50.79 s (2004)
• 800 metres - 1:58.11 min (2007)

External links

• Sviatlana Usovich at World Athletics